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New clinical decision support tools help doctors decide whether or not a CT scan is necessary based on medical evidence.

Helping doctors make informed decisions about CT scans

02/Mar/2010

Massachusetts General Hospital incorporated thousands of the guidelines into a program that requires doctors to enter information about a patient in the hospital's electronic medical records system before ordering a scan. If the need is questionable or another test might be more appropriate, doctors will get a yellow light. If a scan isn't recommended, it comes up red.